English Gothic Foliage Sculpture

Klappentext This 1927 book presents an accessible guide to Gothic foliage sculpture, aimed at visitors to ancient English churches. Zusammenfassung This 1927 book presents an accessible guide to Gothic foliage sculpture! aimed at visitors to ancient English churches. Exploring the development of a specifically English tradition in this area! the text begins with an exploration of pre-Conquest and Anglo-Saxon work before moving chronologically through the medieval period to the Tudor flower. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; List of illustrations; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Primitives; 3. Romanesque or Norman; 4. Early English stiff-leaf; 5. Naturalistic; 6. Decorated; 7. Perpendicular; 8. Materials; 9. Conventional ornaments; Topographical index of plates.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Samuel Gardner, Gardner Samuel
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 28.03.2013
• EAN: 9781107636118
• ISBN: 978-1-107-63611-8
• Pagine: 186
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Architettura; England, ART / European, ART / Sculpture & Installation, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Religious, sculpture, Religious buildings, Architecture: religious buildings